Carrier for packages and the like.



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CARRIER FOR PACKAGES AND THE LIKE.

' APPLICATION FILED nn0.e,1905.

v M v W-VFFM I To all whom it may concern.

* E STATES "PATENT omen.

eUsrAv STAIB, or NEW YORK, N. r.

CARRIER FOIRPAQKAGES AND THE LIKE.

No.839,08 1." I

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

I Original application filed February 10, 1905, Serial No. 245,005. Divided and this application filed December 6, 1905.

i i a Serial N0. Z90.514.

Be itqknown that 'I, GUSTAV. STAIB,'a citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, borough'of Richmond, N ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriers for Packages or the ike, of which the following is a specification.

This application is a division of my appli cat on for patent on store-service apparatus,

filed February'IO, 1905, Serial No. 245,005;

and theobject of this invention is to provide nnprovements in carriers adapted to carry.

packages and the like, whereby the receptacle or box for supporting goods may readily be raised and lowered so as not to interfere with persons and be 1n convenient forinsertlng and removing goods.

Myinvention' comprises the noveldetails of improvement and arrangements of parts that willbe more fully hereinafter set orth ing drawings, forming part hereof, where1nstantially rectangular frame having end members 1, provided with yokes 11, in 1 "whichrollers 2 are pivotally supported, said its corners, with chains or ot Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carrier embodying :my invention. Fig. 2 is an end viewtllerle'of partlybroken, and Fig. 3 is a ,plan view thereof. I Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding. parts in the several views.

- The numeral 1 indicatesgenerally asubrollersbeing shown grooved and adapted to travelupona track, such as an overhead sus pended wire or the like, rods 3 connecting the. end members 1 I At4 is a receptacle-such as a. box, basket,

' or the likesuspended from frame 1, and I provide means for holding said receptacle elevated when the carrier is not in, use and while it is traveling and for permitting the receptacle to be pulled down into convenient position for placing goodsin the receptacle and removing the goods therefrom. To this end -I connect receptacle 4, referablynear libr flexible connections 5, which aresupported by springlrollers 6, journaled in the carrier-frame 1'. .5 known shade rollers having spiral springs 6?" These rollers may be in the nature of wellwithin them and mounted in frame 1-1n manner similar to -mounting shade-rollers. In

position order to compensate for varying tension in the springs of the rollers 6 under varying o- ,sitions 0f receptacle 4, I provide these rol ers 'uncoil the chains will wind on the cones and depend from the smaller diameter thereof, whereby compensation is made for thevarying strength of the springs 6". Considerable load may be carried in receptacle 4 when the latter is elevated without requiring undue pull upon the receptacle to depress it, the increasing diameter of the winding-chain on the cones compensating for the increasing tension of the springs. The tension of the springs 6 with respect to the varying diameters of the coneulleys may be such .that when the receptac e 4 is pulled down to its lowest point it will hang in such position by reason of the leverage of the larger diameter of the cones with respect to the tension. of the springs 6 and so that when the chains 5 depend from the smaller diameter of the cones the reduced levera e of the small diameter of the cones wit res ect to the tension of the springs then part y uncoiled will substantially equalize and permit the receptacle with its load to remain in the elevated position. To the rollers 6, as near one end, I attach gear-wheels 8, that mesh with gears 9, (shown mounted to rotate upon the rods 3,) and'the chains 5' pass over the outer sides of cones 7, whereby the cones and rollers 6 will rotate in opposite directions and the gear 8 9 serve to balance the tension of springs 6 in the rollers and cause the rollers to rotate equally, so that. the chains 5 willwind equally and simultaneously upon their respective cones. In order to keep receptacle 4 from swaying while the. carrier is traveling along its track, I providev the lower ends of the end members 1 of the carrier-frame with angublocks facing the corners of receptacle 4, so as to receive the corners of the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 2, when the receptacle is elevated, and by preference the lower edges of blocks 10 will be made flaring for convenient entrance of the corners of the receptacle into the angles of blocks 10.

At 11 is a handle or grip on the bottom of receptacle 4 to enable the receptacle to .be readily pulled down. As the receptacle should preferably travel above the heads of persons in a store when the carrier is used in a store-service apparatus and as employees of short stature may not conveniently reach handle 11, I provide the receptacle with a movable handle 12, which is normally held in a horizontal position below the receptacle, being pivotally supported, as at 13, upon handle 11 and provided with a spring 14, connected with the bottom of the receptacle, and with an extension 15 on handle 12, whereby the spring may normally keep the handle 12 raised. A cord or flexible connection 16 depends from the handle 12 in convenient position to be grasped by a short person, so that by pulling down on the cord the handle 12 can be swung down and then used to depress or elevate receptacle 4.

While I have shown the carrier-frame provided with two spring-rollers having tapering cones receiving chains 5, it will be understood that the carrier-frame may be provided with one or more such spring-rollers having tapering cones for connection with a receptacle according to the character and weight of the packages intended to be transported by the carrier.

My invention is not limited to the details of construction shown and described, as they may be varied without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. A carrier comprising a frame, a roller provided with a spring carried by said frame, said roller having cone-like pulleys, a receptacle, and flexible connections connecting said cone-like pulleys with the receptacle and adapted to wind spirally on said pulleys.

2. A carrier comprising a frame, a pair of rollers provided with springs carried by said frame, said rollers having cone-like pulleys at opposite ends, a receptacle, and. flexible connections connecting said cone-like pulleys with the receptacle and adapted. to wind. spirally on said pulleys.

3, A carrier comprising a frame, a pair of rollers provided with springs carried by said frame, said rollers having cone-like pulleys at opposite ends, a receptacle, flexible connectionsconnecting said cone-like pulleys with the receptacle and adapted to wind spirally on said pulleys, and gearing connecting said rollers, whereby they will rotate in unison.

4. A carrier comprising a frame, rollers carried by said frame provided with. coilsprings, cone-like pulleys attached to the ends of the rollers, a receptacle, and flexible connections connecting the pulleys with the receptacle, the flexible connections depending from the larger diameter of the pulleys when the receptacle is pulled down and the springs thereby wound, said flexible connections depending from the smaller diameter of the cones when the receptacle is raised and the springs unwound.

5. The combination of a carrier-fra1ne,a receptacle carried thereby, a handle movably attached to the receptacle, a spring connecting the handle with the receptacle to maintain the handle normally elevated, and a cord depending from the handle, whereby the handle may be extended downwardly when the receptacle is to be raised or lowered.

, 6. A carrier comprising a frame, a roller provided with a spring carried by said frame, said roller having cone-like pulleys provided with spiral grooves, a receptacle, and flexible connections connecting said pulley with the receptacle.

GUSTAV STAIB. Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, FRANK RYALL. 

